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THE HAUNTING beats out INSPECTOR GADGET for first at the boxoffice

By David Kilmer | Monday, July 26, 1999 at 12:00am

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Newly released DreamWorks SKG's THE HAUNTING, with digital effects by ILM,finished first in the U.S. weekend boxoffice race, grossing an estimated$33 million. Also newly released, The Walt Disney Company's INSPECTORGADGET, with digital effects by DreamQuest, finished second, grossing anestimated $22 million. Warner's WILD WILD WEST, with digital effects byILM, finished seventh, grossing an estimated $5.4 million for a total of$104.2 million; Disney's TARZAN finished ninth, grossing $4.8 million for atotal of $152.4 million; and Lucasfilm's STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOMMENACE finished tenth, grossing $4.3 million for a total of $402.8 millionwhich makes it the third highest-grossing film of all-time.